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transportation
n. act of transporting, conveyance, shipping, transit; deportation


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Transport
Transport or transportation is the movement of people and goods from one place to another. The term is derived from the Latin trans ("across") and portare ("to carry"). Industries which have the business of providing equipment, actual transport, transport of people or goods and services used in transport of goods or people make up a large broad and important sector of most national economies, and are collectively referred to as transport industries.
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Transportation
Noun
1. the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966
(synonym) Department of Transportation, DoT
(hypernym) executive department
(part-meronym) Federal Aviation Agency, FAA

 
transportation
Noun
1. a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
(synonym) transportation system, transit
(hypernym) facility, installation
(hyponym) air transportation system
(part-holonym) infrastructure, base
(part-meronym) airfield, landing field, flying field, field
(derivation) transport
2. the act of transporting something from one location to another
(synonym) transfer, transferral, conveyance
(hypernym) movement
(hyponym) transshipment
(part-meronym) pickup
(derivation) transport, carry
3. the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance
(synonym) fare
(hypernym) charge
(hyponym) airfare
4. the commercial enterprise of transporting goods and materials
(synonym) shipping, transport
(hypernym) commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
(hyponym) air transportation, air transport
(part-holonym) commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
(derivation) transport, send, ship
(class) on-line
5. the act of expelling a person from their native land; "men in exile dream of hope"; "his deportation to a penal colony"; "the expatriation of wealthy farmers"; "the sentence was one of transportation for life"
(synonym) exile, deportation, expatriation
(hypernym) banishment, proscription
(hyponym) Babylonian Captivity


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transportation (f)
n. transportation, conveyance, shipping

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Transportation
(n.)
Transport; ecstasy.
  
 
(n.)
The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; carriage from one place to another; removal; conveyance.
  

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